Cosmetic kit



July 30, 1963 L. PARADIS 3,099,272

COSMETIC KIT Filed Aug. 10, 1960 INVENTOR. LUCNE'IY lQqpno/s BY I i rap/v5) United States Patent 3,099,272 CGSMETIC Kl'l Lucien Paradis, Pisa, ltaiy, assignor to Sopas Protumi S.p.A., Pisa, Italy, a joint-stock company of Italy Filed Aug. 10, 1960, Ser. No. 48,735 Claims priority, application Italy Aug. 13, 1959 1 Claim. (Cl. 132-79) This invention relates to a cosmetic kit and more particularly to a container adapted to hold cosmetics and cosmetic applicators used about the human eye.

=Prior eye cosmetic containers have merely packaged the mirror, applicator and cosmetic, so that they could be carried together and removed when needed for make up purposes. For hygienic as well as economic reasons, there has been a recent shift toward the use of eye cosmetics in the form of a paste that can be extruded from a collapsible container in much the same fashion as tooth paste is extruded (from a tooth paste container.

Ill: is the main object of this invention to provide a cosmetic kit that will hold the cosmetic, mirror and applicator in a position convenient for use without requiring the removal of all these items from the container.

It is a more particular object of this invention to provide such a kit which is particularly adapted to afford the use of eye cosmetic in a collapsible tube without requiring removal of the tube from the kit.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a kit in which the mirror and cosmetic will be held in place, in usable relationship to one another, no matter in what position the open kit is held or placed.

In brief, the kit of this invention is substantially made of two hinged roughly symmetrically shaped halves. When closed together the halves define a completely enclosed container. 'One half contains a fixed mirror behind which there is a space within which an applicator is removably held. The other half contains a slidable holder for the cosmetic. This holder has a hole at one end through which the neck of the collapsible tube confining the cosmetic can be made to project so that cosmetic can be squeezed out of this collapsible tube without removing the tube from the kit.

Other objects of this invention will become clear from a consideration of the following detailed description and drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the device of this invention in an opened position.

With reference to the figure, the kit in this embodiment is shown as having outer dimensions when closed which are in the approximate form of a cylindrical body with an elliptical base. A number of diiferent shapes may be used for the container and only one which has been found useful is illustrated.

The container is made of two very roughly symmetrical halves 1 and 2. The elliptical base 4 is part of the half 2 and the elliptical top 3 is part of the half '1. These two halves 1 and 2 are hinged together by a conventional type of hinge 5.

Within the cosmetic halt 2, a supporting though 6 holds the eye cosmetic tube, which tube is not shown in order to avoid obscuring the trough. Grooves 8 in the half 2 provide a guiding means for longitudinally projecting borders 7 vof the trough 6 so that the trough 6 may be moved in and out.

3,099,272 Patented July 30, 1963 A hole 9 in one side wall of the trough 6 permits the user to insert the eye cosmetic tube in the trough so that the tubes neck will project through the hole 9.

The half 1 contains a fixed flat mirror 10 behind which a cavity 11 is made by the mirror 10 and the container wall. The applicator, whch is usually a small brush, cm be conveniently and firmly carried within the cavity 11.

When the user opens the kit, the applicator can be taken out of its position in the cavity 11. The user can then slide the trough 6 away from the base 4 until the hole 9 containing face of the trough 6 projects beyond the base 3. By then applying slight pressure to the collapsible tube in the trough 6, the user can obtain a desired quantity of cosmetic from the collapsible tube without removing the tube from the trough or the kit. Thus with one hand, the kit, mirror, and cosmetic tube may be held and manipulated making it much more convenient to apply eye cosmetic in a hurry or in publie.

The kit may be closed by sliding the trough 6 towards the base 4 as tar as the trough will go and then closing the halves 1 and *2 together. The dimensions of the trough u must be such that when moved all the way towards the base 4 there is enough distance between the hole 9 and the top 3 to accommodate the neck of the cosmetic tube. The top 3, by closing off the top of the kit, protects the neck of the cosmetic tube from damage when not in use.

The above described embodiment is but one embodiment of this invention and numerous variations in the details of construction can be made without departing from the essentials of this invention. It is intended therefore in the appended claim to cover all such modifications as tall within the true scope of this invention.

What I claim is:

A hand-sized cosmetic kit comprising (1) a curved first wall member, (2) a curved second wall member of substantially the same length as said first wall member hinged to said first wall member in such manner that when said first and second wall members are closed against each other a three-dimensioned region is defined with a concave surface of said first wall member tacing a concave surface of said second wall member, (3) a fiat top member joined to said first wall member in fixed relation thereto, said top member being of such size and shape as to provide a complete end closure for said three-dimensioned region while conforming substantially to the curvature of both said wall members in closed condition, (4) a fiat base member joined to said second wall member in fixed relation thereto, said base member being of such size and shape as to provide a complete end closure for said three-dimensioned region while conforming substantially to the curvature of both said wall members in closed condition, (5) a fiat mirror mounted on and within said first wall member so as to define a cavity between the back of said mirror and said concave surface of said first wall member, said cavity being of sufficient size .to contain a cosmetic applicator such as a small brush, said cavity having an open base end whereby said applicator may be readily removed trom and replaced into said cavity, and (6) a trough structure adapted to hold a tube of cosmetic, this structure being slidably mounted in said second wall member to move in 4- directions flaetween the top and base ends and beyond References Cited in the file of this patent the top end thereof, and having a length at least somewhat (1658 than the length of said second Wall member, UNITED STATES PATENTS and having further a side Wall pol-Lion at its side located closest to the top end of said second wall member which 5 g 1111118 2; is characterized by van opening adapted to receive the g neck of said tube of cosmetic, and being further of such vsnel er 1934 size and shape as to permit full closing of said Wall 11999328 Lessard 1935 members around it with said mirror mounted on said 21082334 Hofmann June 8,1937

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